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Interesting, sounds plausable, we have the technology, but how real is it ( question mark)
( I have to write that because that key does not work on this old keyboard)
I cannot imagine a handmedown pacemaker.

Our local Brico Cash has the above on promotion on Friday next, with only a limited number available. We need a couple of electric radiators and I wondered if these are any good. I have to admit I have no idea what a ceramic inertia radiator is, so perhaps somebody here can tell me if they're anything special and why. For info the 1000W model will...

I have at last found the AFNOR check sheets for an electrical installation, on the right hand side are three columns headed R*, NR* and SO* I am assuming these refer to the UK equivalent EICR r1, rn and r2 am I correct in this assumption or is it just a tick list as I suspect.

Hi,
Just in early stages of hoping to buy a bit of a project. Most work is cosmetic but it does need a rewire.
Anybody got experience of full rewire of an average 3 bedroom detached in Haut-Marne area please? Just trying to get a ball park idea at this stage,
Thanks

I've just been told that I'm going to have my meter changed to a Linky. At the moment, I have dual tariff, but I'm not bothered if I lose that.
However, I have read that Linky meters are iffy, in some ways. Plus, I can refuse the change. So, what do I do?

Thanks

I have to fit a new prise, and it has to be fed by multistrand. As prises are like wagos and need rigid, this poses a problem. My solution is to cut maybe 10cm of rigid cable and use these to connect to the prise. At the other end, use a domino - rigid into one side, multistrand into the other. It can all be hidden behind the placo.
Has anyone a...

Not electric problem ?

I have a Wagner w300E sprayer and most of a ‘ Kit traitement du bois’ that I brought to treat our hose in 1999.
I used it very frequently in the first month of its acquisition then it went back on its dedicated box. I think that I used is a couple of times since. The last time being about 4/5 years ago. Due to pending move...

We have an 18kvA monophasé supply, which we know is no longer possible and none of the suppliers will install this any more. (It supplies two heat pumps, and a 3 bed house and 4 bed house with all their kit)

But we don’t understand why? Is it more dangerous? If so why? Should we be concerned about size of internal cables?

Or should we just...

I have 2 pairs of large double sliding barn doors, on which I'd like to fit alarms which would activate if the doors were opened. I can't fit locks because they are emergency/fire escape routes. The doors slide back against the outside wall on each side and don't overlap, i.e. the 2 door edges meet when they are closed.

I know nothing about...

Anyone have a link to the bit of kit that goes in the CU to prioritise your power requirements?

In the past I have lost a few telephones computers and modems now after seeing a few flash and bangs I go here

A few weeks back I saw a storm was near and unplugged all of our computers modems and telephones but a strike 300 metres away blew the boiler and a few detector lights, all the Disjuntor Bipolars blew and worked but not quick enough...

Can anyone help me source a UV fluorescent tube like this one, please? 20200810_190200.jpg

Anyone fancy going halves on this: would only get a couple of use's and then could be sold on.

Mike

We have finally had a Linky installed after 4th attempt.... positive thing is they haven’t been able to measure our usage since the previous meter stopped working sometime in January. And they can’t just use last year’s figures as pre-covid. But that’s for another day.

My current issue is what to do with ugly thing on outside of house. Enedis...

I have just installed one of these as a two way arrangement for a stairs/landing. Simple and time saving. I'm now keen to get another one to control lights from both ends of the lounge. If I set up the second one will it try to switch on the other? Or are the receivers somehow coded so they don't interfere with each other?

This little gadget that EDF use to read the meter got pulled off the wall by accident today nice clean cut. :P
The power was off at the time. It used to be on an outside wall which is now an inside wall.
Its got four tiny little cables in it can I just join on some extra wire to put it on the new outside wall or do I need to contact EDF edf.jpg

When watching UK TV I use Bluetooth earphones. My original set packed up so I bought a JVC HA-S65BN replacement today for €70 from E Leclerc.

These new phones are better than my old Audsom set. More solidly build: very easy to pair: absolutely zero laitence, so perfect lip-sinc. Very happy indeed except that the instruction manual says...

Yesterday we had a lightning strike that for the 5th time popped the powerfeed to the gigaset telephone, yes each time it is this transformer that blows. These little transformers 6.5V 200mA have a special size, right angled connector to the phone and cost as much as a new telephone. Finding a cheaper replacement is almost impossible. The gigaset...

Just trying to get my old Honda m'bike started but battery flat.
Hooked it up to My OptiMate 111 charger which showed 'battery badly discharged. Recovering'. A few hours later the leds showed 'battery discharged but charging normally' & has been in that state for at least 20 hours over 2 days
& shows only 9.5v when connected & 8.5v disconnected....

I have one of these in the cellar with the main electric board. It is a Murapro S2, and originally, the integral red light flashed every 3 or 4 seconds, which, as the label on the side states, indicates functioning well. The label states that if the light flashes more frequently, that means the unit is working but is getting worn out. I have no...

Hello
I found in my little book of names and passwords, that at one point I must have signed up to Enedis as I have a PDL number and a password.

Please can anyone help with how I actually manage to get day to day (or how often it can be done) current meter usage and an estimation of how much the facture will be?

We pay every two months.

Thank...

Hello
We have just had a letter to say they are coming to change our ordinary electricity meter to a Linky. We have day and night tariff and a 12kw supply. The house is all-electric and we were told we would likely need 15kw but we have some gadget or other, fitted by the electrician who wired the house during the renovation, that, to put it...

Ikea delivered an induction hob yesterday. Their instructions say that if it s running on a single phase, which it will be, a 4mm² cable is required. I haven't got any of this size so wondered if I could use two 2.5mm² cables for each terminal instead as a temporary measure.

4mm² does seem to be an odd size. Unfortunately I can't get out to see...

Our water pump has been starting to go faulty.
It runs for a few minutes then trips the the fuse.
Now it's down to seconds before it trips.
Its run from an inside socket and the sockets work for everything else.
I have taken a picture of the control box for the pump.
Could the white thing be the fault, no idea what it's called on the ferry over...